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Old 12-08-2020, 04:11 PM   #18
Ed in Maine
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Join Date: May 2010
Location: Washington Cty., ME or Flagler Cty., FL
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Default Re: Side Mirror Installation Question

I just mounted mirrors on my Victoria (9/32 in. pins) and when I got the mirrors, the pins supplied were wrong. I found that I had to carefully drill out the mirror bracket to receive the 9/32 pins. But a further problem was that the 9/32 pins did not fit snugly in my door hinges. I purchased coiled pins that were slightly over sized and filed them down to fit my hinges. I chucked my pins into my drill press and filled them to fit. The advantage of the coiled pins over the solid pins is that they compress slightly to assist in maintaining at good fit into the hinge. The pins were then cut to length and I used a screw and acorn nut to simulate a domed top on the hinge pin. Ed
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